What’s New With Apple Accessibility

Presenter(s)

Event Details

Topic:

accessibility & UDL

Format:

lecture

Subject Level:

beginner

Age Span:

kindergarten - grade 6
grades 7-12
adult

Target Audience:

AT specialist
autism specialist
consultant
deaf / hard of hearing
educator
family member / caregiver
K-12 administration
occupational therapist
paraprofessional
physical therapist
special educator
speech language pathologist
teacher of the visually impaired
university professor / personnel
vision impairment specialist

Professional Development Credits

IACET CEUs:

0.01

ACVREP CEs:

1

Presentation Length: 1 hour

Location:

Bloomington

Description:

In this session, Janette Barrios from Apple’s Global Accessibility Policy & Initiatives team will provide an overview of Apple’s newest accessibility features and how they address user needs in areas of speech, hearing, cognitive, mobility and vision. The session will highlight features like Accessibility Reader, the new systemwide reading mode, Eye Tracking and Head Tracking on iPad and iPhone, and explore powerful new features on Mac such as Magnifier and Vehicle Motion Cues. Learn about updates to hearing innovations including Live Listen with Live Captions. Janette will offer a high-level look at these tools and how they enable meaningful independence for people with disabilities. Attendees will also be guided to resources and demos for further hands-on exploration.

Learning Outcomes:

As a result of this activity, participants will be able to:

• As a result of this activity, participants will explore the use of Eye Tracking and Head Tracking on iPads and iPhones to navigate and control their devices.

• As a result of this activity, participants will be able to use Accessibility Reader, in different scenarios.

• As a result of this activity, participants will differentiate between hearing features including Live Listen and Live Captions, how to turn them on and use them across the Apple ecosystem, and which languages they support.

Disclosures:

Janette is employed by Apple.